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F. E. DHUMY 3 Sheet-Sheet 2 Sept. zo, 1927.

STORAGE BUILDING o'riginal Filed Jgn 24, 1925 INVENTOR Fer/70nd E diga/gy.

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ATTORNEYS Rei'aued sept. 2o,l 19a?.

UNITED sT'A'rEs A Re. 16,738 PAT121Wowner..A

i HERNAN!)A E. DHUHY, F ENGLEWOOD, JERSEY.

.s'ronaen BUILDING.

i l lthe garage. The cars are frequently placed so close together that Aitis necessary to manually shift a.' number of them before the desired one is cleared sufficiently to permit its withdrawal from the garage. This requires l the constant services of a number of men in the garage; results in great delays iny withdrawing cars from storage, `requires that all, cars shall be movable, that isto say they 4cannot be locked in a fixed position in the garage.

It is the main object of this invention to rovide a stora e building having a large oor area on wich cars may be arranged in a plurality of parallel rows land in such a manner' that any one ofthe cars may be readily withdrawn from its storage space; This is=aceomplished by providing means for bodily shifting one of the rows of the cars --longitudinally in either direction whereby the cars in the shiftable row or back of said row may be-given a clear ldriving space so that they may be driven from their places of storage out of the building. y

Another object of the invention is to provide a garage having a flush floor space over which `the cars may be driven directly to their storage spaces in the several rows, and to provide movable platforms for the support of one row'of cars said platforms being flush with the permanent floor of the garage so that cars may bereadily driven over them into storage space beyond-'them andA also may be driven direct-lyon'said movable platforms and Vstored thereon. rIlhe platforms may be moved in `either direction longitudinally of the rows in order to shift thecarsresting thereon and thereby provide a clear space through which -cars on the movable platforms or in the rows back of the shifted platforms may be driven out. y -Another object of the invention is .to rovide a .garage having fixed storage oor spaces and movable storage Hoor spaces,.the

movable storageiloor spaces being flush with ma may is, 192e, serial no. 39,216, mea :une 24, 1925. application mi 1927. Serial No. 162,838.

the fixedv floor spaces,` so that cars ma be driven to any selected storage space elther onvthe movable floor space or beyond it on the fixed or non-movable floor space. e' Another object ofthe invention is to provide a gara tending driving aisle and a movable storage platform arranged along said aisle and of such a width that cars may-be Stored thereon having a longitudinally extransverselythereof, said movable platform lying between-thedriving aisle andl a lon tudinally extending permanent nonmova le storage floor space onto which cars may be driven overthe movable platform, the movable platform being flush with the surface of the driving aisle and with the surface of the non-movable storage space.

Another object of the invention is to provide a movable storage platform made up of a pair of comparatively narrow platform members connected together to move in unison, one member of the platform being adapted` to receive and support the front wheels of a car, the other member being designed.

and properly placed to receive and Support the rear Wheelsof a car. The space in between the two members of the movable ,platform is a permanent 'part'of the floor structure and is flush with the upper surfaces of the two members of the movable platform. The platform members are flush with the permanent rigid floor of the garage so that cars may be driven directl over themto any storage space on the rigi floor and to any storage space on the movable platform.

Another object of the invention is to form the. movable storage platforms longer than the permanent floor space and to rovide means whereby the end sections of t e latform members may be moved awa om the' driving floor to thereby permit t e storage platforms to be moved in either direction while at the .Sametime .rovidin a flush driving floor throughout t e entireength of the building.

There are other objects and advantages of the invention which will appear yheremafter. j

In the drawings:

, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a garage .Hoor constructed in laccordancev with the invention; e

Fig. 2 a perspective .view of one of the movable storage platforms; .y

form;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the movable storage platform showing one end thereof turned up;

Fig. 5 a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 a detail perspective view of one of the sections of the movable platform;.v

Fig. 7 a detail perspective View of an electrically driven means for moving the platforms;l

Fig. 8 a detail plan view of a garage ioor arranged for storing three parallel rows of cars on each side of a driving aisle;

Fig. 9 a plan view of a garage floor showing the movable storage platform shorter than the storage floor space of the garage;

Fig. 10 a detail lon' itudinal sectional view through one end o the movable storage platform; and

Fig. 11 a detail view of a portion of a movable platform formed as a single movable member. i

Referring to the 'various parts by numerals, 1 designates the enclosing'wall of the garage having a central entrance 2 leading directly to the central longitudinally extendin gitudinaigly extending walls of the building are arranged permanent rigid storage floor spaces 4. Parallel with these permanent storage lloor spaces are arranged longitudinally extending movable storage platforms 5. These storage platforms run parallel with the driving aisle and parallel withthe permanent storage spaces 4 and are arranged between the driving aisle and the storage spaces 4. The upper surfaces -of the movable platforms are flush 'with the driving aisle and the permanent storage spaces so that'cars maybe driven over said storage platforms into the selected storage compartments on the permanent storage Hoor spaces 4. With this arrangement of the movable storage platforms the entire garage floor is available for driving purposes. l

Each storage platform is referably formed of a pair of comparative y narrow members 6 suitably spaced apart and fitted down flush in longitudinally extending channels 7.. Between these channels is a permanent rigid floor section 8 the'upper surface of which is flush with the upper surfaces of the platform members and with the permanent storage floor space. Each of the members of the movable platform is made up of a large number of comparativelythin met-al sections 9. Each section 9 is formedat `its' ends with hinge members 10 which interlock with the correspondin hinge membersv 11 formed on adjoining and connecting platform sections. These interdriving aisle 3. Along 'the lon` the floor.

locking hinge members are connected together by transversely extending pins so that the platform sections are hinged together, the hinge members being bent downwardly to provide a substantially flat upper surface, the hinge being in the natureof a piano hinge. TheV longitudinal edges of each of the sections 9 are bent downwardly to form the side flanges 12. In thee side flanges 12, near the ends` thereof, are rigidly secured transverse rods 13 on which are loosely mounted rollers 14, said rollers being arranged close tothe flanges 12. Each channel 7 is provided with longitudinally extending angle irons 15. One member of each angle iron forms one vertical wall of the channel, the other member forming a horizontal trackway at the bottom ofthe channel. The rollers 14 are arranged to run on said trackways. As shown in the drawings the platform sections 9 are substantially as long as a car storage space and the platform members 6 arev spaced apart a suiicient distance to permit the front wheels of the car to rest on one platform member with th'erear wheels of the car resting on the other platform member. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the movable platform is two sections longer vthan thegarage floor so that the platform` may be moved two car spaces in either direction longitudi nally, while at the same time providing a complete Hush driving surface throughout the entire length of the garage floor. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the two surplus platform sections are turned up at one end of It is obvious that the platform maybe moved andthe rtwo surplus sections turned up at the opposite end of the garage floor; or that one section may be turned up at each end of the Hoor. the surplus or excess platform sections will depend entirely upon the position of the cars and the movement of the platform necessary to free the cars in the inner permanent storage space. u

The movablestorage platforms may be shifted in either direction longitudinally by any suitable power means. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4 the two parallel platform members are movable endwise or longitudinally, by means of cables, which are attached to the driving drums and guide rollers. Two cables 16 run over guide rollers 17 located in any suitableuposition, preferably 'near the ceiling directly over the platform members.

wardly beyond the points of attachment. Atv

The position of lplatform members and run over suitable yThe ends of these cables are carried around guide rollers 18 located below the gara e .floor and are the plat turned up one end of the` arage floor the cables 16 are passed around rums 19 rigidly secured to a horizontal shaft 20. On one of these shafts is rigidly secured a worm wheel 21 adapted to be turned through a worm 22 mounted on the upper end of' a shaft 23. A vcrank- 24 is secured to the end. of the shaft 23 so that said shaft may be turned manually. The

ends of the angle iron tracks are turned' up at each end-of the garage floor to form verrage wall and carry rollers 26 Iwhich extend inwardly from the brackets and areadapted to bezengaged by theturned up sections of orm members.

form members in vertical position and serve as guide rollers to hold the 4rollers letv of the platform sections in engagement with the ends of the angle iron tracks 1 5. By rotating the drums' 19 the platform Vniembers will be moved longitudinally uniformly in either direction depending upon the direction of rotation of the drums.

In Fig. 7 an electric motor 27 is arranged to drive the worm 22 and the worm wheel 21. On one of the cables 16 isarra-nged two stops 28 spaced a suitable distance apart and Y adapted to operate a switch 2 9'for controlling the motor. By this means the maximum i thc movable platforms are arranged longlmovement of the platform members in either direction is limited. Y The motor` may ,be

started by means of the push button switches 30 located in any`convenient positflox'lyoliev switch being arranged to operate the motorl in one direction and the other switch com-v pleting the circuit in such manner as to drive the motorin the reverse'direction.

One method of using the inventionisillus trated in Fi 1 of the drawings. In the upper half o that view the storage space 4 is completely occupied by cars. For conyenienceof reference these cars are arranged in groups of three, the-cars ineach group being-'lettered A, Bl and C. The cars are-- arranged on the movable platform members in groups of two with an open car space be tweeneach of said groups.l The platform members are arrangedl in central or normal position with one car section of each of the 1 platform members'turned upat each end vof the garage oor. It is to be noted that cars Y C may be driven directly outto the main driving aisle through the'open-spaces di! rectly in front of them. Gars A and B,-

however, are blocked by the cars on the movcars A the platform members and the cars thereon are moved one car section Vtoward the left hand. This movement of the plat form members is illustrated in the lower These rollers serve s to hold the turned up sections ofthe platstorage spaces 4a and'4".

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frees the cars A. These cars arelettered A in the lower half of the figure. It is tobe notedv therefore that the cars .A may be driven out through the free spaces which, by the movement of the platform members, have been brought directly in front of the cars A. The movable platform members remain in the position shown in the lower half of Fig. 1 until it is necessary to again move them to free the cars B. If it'bedesired to move the platforms from the position lshown form members and the cars resting thereon I in the upiper half of Fig. 1 in order to free the cars said platforms `will Abe moved toward the right one car space in order to bring the -free spaces of saidl platforms directly in front. of cars B. i

As hereinbefore pointed out'the platform members are flush with the garage floor, or substantially so, and the cars may be driven over themtotheir storage spaces. `When the cars are in their storage spaces they may be locked-so thatthey cannot be moved except by the owner thereof. It is also to be noted that in the arrangement of the' movable lat- "forms shown in Figs. land 2 there ywi 1 be always 'a' substantially Hush driving surface throughout the garage floor so that the movable platforms are moved only for the purpose of releasing the cars and are not moved for the purpose of placing the cars in' the storage spaces.

In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 8

tudinally between ,two permanent rigid- In this arrangement the movable platformsv may be'shifted back-and forth in .order to free the cars in' the stora e space' 4*. It will also be necessary in t isarrangement. tol shift thevmovable platforms in order to free the cars stored thereon when the storage spaces are occupied. It will -be necessary to leave some free car spaces in the storage space 4",-

and also'I to leave free car spaces on the movable platforms.

r9 vand. '1 0 the excess car sections of the n|u vable platforms are `'dispensed with. In this arrangement the endwise movement of the -storage latforms will result in leaving open the sha low channels 7 in which the p at. forms are mounted. As these channels are very-shallomcars may be driven overthem out any seriousinconvenience As illustratedin Fig. 11 the movable platforms can be constructed of a singlesectional member, eaclrhinged section being preferably large enough to support a single able platform members. l In order to free than the broader, single-member platforms.

lVhat I claim is: 1. A vehicle storage building comprising l'au a storage and driveway floor having a longitudinally extending driving aisle, a longitudinally extending movable storage and driving platform formed of hin ed sections and running parallel with the riving aisle and having its upper surface substantially flush with the surface of the driving aisle, a longitudinally extending rigid permanent storage space parallel with tlie movable plat.- form and on the opposite side thereof from the driving aisle, the upper Surface of said permanent storage space being substantially flush with the Lipper surface of the said plat form, and means for moving the storage and driving platform longitudinally in Yeither direction to permit the vehicles on the permanent storage space beyondthe latform Ato be moved outwardly to the driving aisle over a free unoccupiedportion of the said platform.

2. A yvehicle storage building comprising a storage and driveway floor having a longitudinally extending driving aisle, a longitudinally extending movable storage and driving platform formed'of hinged sections and running parallel with the driving aisle and having its upper surface substantially flush with the surface of the driving aisle said platform being longer than the storage Ifloor, a longitudinally extending. rigid permanent storage space arallel with the movable platform and on t ie opposite side thereof. from the driving aisle, the upper surface of said permanent storage space being substantially flush with the upper surface of the said platform, and means for moving the storage and driving platformlongitudinally in either direction to permit the-vehicles on the permanent storage space beyond the platform to be moved outwardly to the driving aisle over a free unoccupied portionof the said platform.

3. In a vehicle storage building a stora e and driveway floor having a longitudinal y extending driving aisle, a longitudinally extending movable storage and driving platform formed of two parallel members spaced apart and'runiiing parallel with the driving aisle,-the upper surfaces of said platform members being substantially -ush with the surface of the driving aisle', a longitudinally extending rigid permanent storage space parallel with the movable latform and on the opposite side thereof rom the driving' aisle,`the up er surface of said permanent Stora-ge space eing substantially flush with the upper surface of the said platform, Yand means for moving the 4two members of the storage and driving platform longitudinally simultaneously and uniformly in'eit-her direction to permit vehicles on the permanent storage space beyond the platform to be moved outwardly to the driving aisle over a free unoccupied portion of the said platform'.

4. In a vehicle storage building, a storage and driveway floor havin a longitudinally extending driving aisle, a ongit-udinally extending movable storage and. driving platform comprising two parallel members spaced apart and formed pf hinged sections and running parallel with the drivinflr aisle and having the upper surfaces of said platform members substantially flush with the surface of the driving aisle, a longitudinally extending rigid permanent storage space parallel with the movable platform and on the opposite side thereof from the driving aisle, the upper surface of said. permanent storage space being substantially flush with the upper surface of the said platform, and means formoving the two members of the storage and drivin@ platform longitudinally simultaneously and uniformly in either direction to permit vehicles on the permanent ,-torage space beyond the platform to be moved outwardly to the driving aisle over a free unoccupied portion of the said platform.

5. In a vehicle storage building, a storage and driveway floor having a longitudinally extending driving aisle, .a longitudinally extending movable'storage and driving platformA comprising two parallel members spaced apart and formed of hinged sections and running parallel with the driving aisle and having the u per surfaces of said platstantiallv flush with the form members su surface of the driving aisle said platform being longer than the vstorage floor, a lon gitudinally extending rigid permanent storage space parallel with the movable platform and on the opposite side. thereof from the driving aisle, the upper surface of said permanent storage space beino substantially flush with the upper surface of the said platform, and means .for moving the two members of the storagel and driving platform longitudinally in either direction to permit vehicles on the permanent storage space beyond the platform to be moved outwardly to the driving aislev over a free unoccupied portion of the said platform.

6. A vehicle storage building comprising a rigid floor space forming a longitudinally extending driving aisle, a longitudinally extending movable storage and driving platform running arallel with the 'driving aisle, a longitudinally extending rigid permanent storage space parallel with said platform and on the opposite side thereof from the driving aisle adapted to ,accommodate a row of vehicles longitudinally on it, the said latform extendin throughout substantial y'the length of lsai storage space and .being formed-with a driveway surface extending continuously throughout its length and substantially flush with the surface of the aisle and the surface of the storage space, whereby a Avehicle may bel driven l a longitudinal storage" space parallel with sai platform and n portion of the platform v storage s ace parallel with sai .and on t eop l driving aisle a apted to accommodate a row of vehicles longitudinally von it, the said moved into and out of active vehicle-reeeivf Aing position and being formed with a drive-k v out its len substantial ly across the platform at any v occupied portion Yof the platform.

. to end and extendin driveway space and a ap transversely across the platform at any pointin its length, and means for moving the platform longitudinally in either direction to permit the vehicles onrthe permanent storage space beyond vthe latform to b e moved outwardly to the driving aisle over a free unoccupied 'portion of the platform.-

-7. A vehicle'storage building comprising a rigid door space formin a lon 'tudinally extending driving aisle, a ongitu inally ex tending movable storage and driving plat-l form running parallel with the driving aisle,

y extending ri id permanent on th'eopposite side -thereof from vthe drivin aisle adapted to accommodate a row ofve icleslongitudinall on it, the said platform being longer an 'the storage space and adapted tol be vertically flexed at its ends and being formed with a driveway sur-l v face extending continuouslyl throughout its u length, said drivewa surface belng substantially iiush with e surface of the aisle and-the surface of the storage space, whereby a vehicle may be driven transversely across the platform at any point in its length, and means for moving the platform longitudinally in either direction to permit the vehicles on the permanent storage space to thedriving aisle over a free unoccupied A8. A vehicle storage building.' com rising a rigid door space formin a lo 'tu inally extending driving aisle, a ongitu inally'exl i i tending movable storage and driving platform running parallel with the driving aisle, a longitudinal y extending rigid dpermanent latform site side thereof m the platform being longer than the` storage space and adapted-to haveits end portions way'surface extendin continuousl throu hef said iriveway iiush with the surface of the aisle and t e surface of the storage space,. 'whereby a vehiclemay bel driven transverseint l in its length,` andameans formoving t e platforn'k f longitudinally in either direction to permit the vehiclesfon the permanent storage space beyond the platform to be movedv vout-v wardlyto the driving aisleovera 1 9. In a vehicle stora buildin ,a and driving door havmgv a strax ht dr1ve.

ablestorageplatform, continuous from'. end

to have vehicles lef/ss beyond the platform to bemoved outwardly direction.

way space and a'vehicle entrance y, 'reetly to..l said space; an elongated longitudinally movdriven upon it transversely from said door at any point in'its length; and a fixed storage space formed upon the iloor between said driveway space and the movable platform and extending longitudinally therealong.

10. In a vehicle storage building, a storage and driving iioor having a driveway space;

va storage and driving platform normally stationaryand substantially flush with the floor and formin a part of the storage and driving floor, sai platform being formed of two narrow, elongated, parallel members extending parallel with said driveway space and spaced apart to respectively support the front and rear wheels of a plurality of vehicles disposed transversely of the plat# form; and mea-ns for moving both of said platform'members longitudinally forward or backward simultaneously and equally in either direction. y

j 11. In a vehicle storage building, a storage and driving floor having a driveway space; a longitudinally movable storage anddriv- .i'ng platformcomprising two elongated parallel members running parallell with the driveway space andv spaced apart to respectively support the front-and rear ,wheels of vehicles disposed transverselylof 'the plat Y form, the said platform members being adapted to have vehicles driven transversely upon them from the door; a, fixed storage along one longitudinalside of the platform;

. space formed uponthe floor and extending and means for moving bot the platform v members longitudinally for ard or backward, simultaneously and equally in either "12. Ina vehicle storage building, a storage and' driving ioor havin a driveway space; a -.lon 'tudinally movab e storage and: driving p atform comprising twof'elongated parallel members running parallel with the driveway spaceand spaced apart to respectively support the-font and rear wheels of vehicles disposed-transversely of the plat'- the saidV platform members lbeing apted to have vehicles driven transversely upon them from the door; verticali iiexble ends on said vplatform members apted to form part of the driving area of the platform; means for flexing and gulding the said flexible ends when the platform vis moved longitudinally; a fixed storage space formed upon the iloor and extending alon one longitudinal side of the platform; an

`means for moving bothfthe platform memv bers longitudinally forward or backward,

simultaneously vand equally in either direcv`f1'3. In a vehicle storage building, a storage vand driving'oor having a drlveway space;

elongated; llongitudinally movable 'stor- .age` and driving platform adapted to have arallel `with said` vehicles driven upon it transversely from the il r, of greater length than the vhorizontal and having its upper surface substantially space over which it o erates and formed with a vertically flexigle end adapted t0 form part of the driving area of the platform; means to flex the said end of the platform and guide its vertical movement when the platform is moved longitudinally; and means for moving the platform longitudinally in either direction.

14. A vehicle storage building comprisinga storage and driveway Hoor havinga longitudinally extending straight? driving aisle; a. vehicle entrance thereto; a longitudinally extending straight movable. storage and driving platform formed of `hinged sections and running parallel with the driving aisle signature.

FERNAND E. DHUMY. 

